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Sharps Mine

Past Producer in Hunterdon county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082494
MRDS ID W055245
Record type Site
Current site name Sharps Mine
Alternate or previous names Cregar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.87043, 40.66083 (WGS84)
Elevation 107

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Califon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raritan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Hunterdon

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BETWEEN 200 AND 300 TONS OF ORE WERE MINED IN 1880

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.87043, 40.66083
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1871
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Andrew Cregar
    First year 1880
  • Type Owner
    Owner Joseph Iarussi
    Home office 1009 Brainard Place Brielle, NJ
    First year 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT 50' DEEP AND SEVERAL PITS WERE RECORDED. (1985) 4 SHAFTS IN A CLUSTER, LARGEST 18 FEET DIAMETER 12 FEET DEEP. 50 YARDS WEST ARE 3 SHAFTS LARGEST 12 FT X 12 FT. ORE TAILINGS AT ALL SHAFTS. EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF WATER MADE MINING EXPENSIVE

Comments on development

  • OPENED ON FARM OF MORRIS SHARP WAS CLOSED IN PANIC OF 1873. REOPENED AND WORKED TO 1879. IN 1880 WAS REOPENED AS CREGAR MINE AND WAS WORKED IN EARLY PART OF THE YEAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, WILLIAM S. 1910, IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST; PG 420

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1879, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1879; PG 45

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1880, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1880; PG 102

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1986 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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